Autographic register.



PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

E. J. BARKER. AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 000:. 21. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SEEET 1 No. 793,762. PATENTED JULY 4, 1905. E. J1 BARKER,AUTOG-RAPHIG REGISTER,

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 21, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W W JW ml no. T933762.

Nitn STATES Patented July t, 1905.

PATENT Oriana.

ENGLAND J. llAltliER, OF lVlOliG-AN PARK, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,762, dated July at,1905.

Application filed Octohcr 2]., 190 i- Sorial No. 229,478.

To a when it *l'n/rty cone/21w:

Be it known that I, ENGLAND J. BARKER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Morgan. Park, in the county of look. and State ofIllinois,haveinvented certain new and use- :ful l.mprovements inAutographic Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact specification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple and desirableimprovements in auto graphic registers whereby the end of therecord-strip used. in connection therewith is prevented from buckling onthe bed supporting the same before it reaches the cutting-blade, exceptwhen it is so desired, and which can be so manipulated that when. it isdesired to pull the said strip backward can be raised and locked and atthe same time raise and lock said cutting-Made, so as not to interferewith the withdrawal of the strip. This I accomplish by the meanshereinafter fully described and as particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation. of an autographicregister having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. Z is a sideelevation of the l. rol en-away end portion of the said register towhich said. improvements are applied. Fig. 3 is a plan view of saidbroken-away end portion with the out ting-blade removed. Fig. 4 is asimilar view with the cutting-blade present. Fig. 5 is a lm'igitudinalcentral section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 3, looking in the directionindicated by the arrows, showing the devices for locking the advanced.end of the record-strip and. the cutting-blade down. Fig. 6 is a similarview showing the said locking devices and the cutting-blade up.

In the drawings, A represents the body of an autographie register of awell-known and extensively-used design, and B represents the head orplatform over which the record strips (b from the rolls I) pass from therear of the machine to the end thereof, out from wh iel the advanced endof the record extends and is witlulrz'twn. The end of the bed, out overwhich the record is withdrauui, is provided withacentral recessedportion 0, so that when the cutting-blade C is raised the record. can

be grasped by the lingers both above and be low to pull it out, and 1ing on and secured to the side edges of this end portion of the bed arebearings 11 d, in which the ends of the clampingbar I) are journaled.Near its bearings bar I.) is reduced in diameter and made cylindricaland surrounded by coil torsion-s 'nings c c, one end of which is securedto said bar and the other end. to the bearings (Z (Z, and between thesesprings c c said bar is extended laterally, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 ofthe drawings, to provide a presser-ibot g, which is kept normallybearing down upon the bed B bysaid torsion-springs a. One end of bar 1)extends through its bearings and has an L-shaped arm f secured thereto,which is preferably made of sheet metal, and has an inwardly-projectingpin or handlej" on the extremity of its dowl1wardly-turned portion toafford a hand-grasp therefor. Between the bearings of the bar l) and theelbow of armfthe latter has a teeth It cut therein, the office of whichwill hereinafter more fully ap-- pear. I I The cutting-blade (l extendstransversely over the end of the bed and has its sharpened edge normallybearing upon said. bed. near the adjacent end. edge thereof, and fromthis point it inclines upward and backwz'rrd and has its rear edgerolled down partially over the bar l). The rear edge of the central portion of this bar is cut away, as at j, to expose the said bar to View,and the edge of the central portion of this recess is provided witha1Ufll'\ ardly-projeeting tongue, which curls upward to provide alinger-grasp ft, that can be manipulated with equal facility by either aright or left handed. person to raise the outting-blade whenever it isdesired to pull out the round-strip. This cutting-blade has its ends integrallyconnected to flat dmvnwardlyextending arms K K, which. are ofsuitable shape and have their lower ends secured to the ends of aspring-returnable rock-shaft J, that projects beyond the bearingsthereof in the side frames of the body of the register. In operating theregister it is not necessary to raise the elampingdmr, but only to raisethe cutting-blade when it is desired to pull the record-strip out of themachine, because the inclination of the presser-ioot of said bar towardthe adjacent end oi the bed permits the cutting-blade to be raisedthrough the medium oi" linger-grasp 7r without aflecting theclamping-bar. hen, however, it is desired to draw said record-stripbackward out from under the clamping-bar, it is necessary to raise notonly the latter, but the cuttingblade as well. \Vhen armj'is raised, itbears against the sharp edge of and lifts the cutting-blade at the sametime until said sharp edge catches in the teeth 72, of said arm,whereupon the efl'ort oi the cutting-blade to return to its normalposition, as shown in Fig. 5, considering the diilercnce in the distancefrom the centers of motion of the engaging points of the armfand thesharp edge of the cutting-blade, will keep both the clampingbar andcutting-blade raised, as shown in Fig. 6. \Vhen it is desired to restoresaid clamping-bar and cutting-blade to their normal positions, all thatit is necessary to do is to raise the cutting-blade slightly higher.This releases the clamping-bar and permits the cutting-blade to bedropped to its original position.

What I claim as new is- 1. An autographic register comprising a bed; ahinged cutting-blade the cutting edge of which normally bears down uponthe same; a clamping-bar the ends of which are suitably journaled; andmeans below said blade and. in contact with the cutting edge thereof forturning said bar on its axis which means when raised lilts saidcutting-blade.

2. An autographic register comprising a bed; a returnable hingedcutting-blade the cutting edge of which normally bears down upon thesame; a returnable clamping-bar the ends of which are suitablyjournaled; and an arm on the end thereof and in contact with the cuttingedge o'l said blade for turning the bar on its axis which arm whenraised lifts said cutting-blade.

3. An autographic register comprising a bed; a returnable hingedcutting-blade the cutting edge of which norn'ially bears down upon thesame; a returnable clamping-bar the ends of which are suitablyjcmrnaled; and an arm on the end thereof for turning the bar on its axiswhich arm has a notch in the upper edge and which when raised lifts saidcutting-blade and when the cutting edge thereof enters said notch istogether with said blade locked in its raised position.

4. An autographic register comprising a bed; and. a hinged cutting-bladethe sharpened edge oi which normally rests upon said bed and has itsends provided with over hanging downturned portions, which blade isinclined upward and rearward having the central portion of its rearcut-away edge curled upward to form an integral hand grasp.

5. An autographic register comprising a bed; and a hinged cutting-bladethe sharpened edge of which normally rests upon said bed and has itsends provided with over hanging downturned portions, which blade isinclined upward and rearward having the central portion of its rear edgecut away and the edge of the recess midway its length provided with anintegral upturned tongue or hand-grasp.

6. An autographic register comprising a bed; a hinged cutting-blade thesharpened edge oi which normally rests upon said bed and has its endsprovided with overhanging downturned portions, which blade is inclinedupward and rearward having the central portion of its rear edge curledupward to form an integral hand-grasp; and a clamping-bar lo cated belowand parallel to said cuttingblade.

7 An autographic register comprising a bed; a returnable hingedcutting-blade the sharpened end of which normally rests upon said bedand which is inclined upward and rearward and has the central portion ofits rear edge cut away and the edge of the recess midway its lengthprovided with an integral upturned tongue or handgrasp; a returnableclamping-bar located below and parallel to said cutting-bar, the ends ofwhich are suitably journaled; and means for moving said clamping-bar onits axis which when raised li'l ts said cutting-blade.

S. An autographic register comprising a bed; a returnable hingedcutting-blade the sharpened edge of which normally rests upon said bedand which is inclined upward. and rearward and has the central portionof its rear edge curled upward to form an integral hand-grasp; areturnable clamping-bar the ends of which are suitably journaled and anarm on the end thereof for moving said bar on its axis which has a notchin its upper edge and which when. raised lilts said cuttingblade andwhen the cutting edge of the latter enters said notch is together withsaid blade locked. in its raised position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day ofOctober, 1904.

ENGLAND J. BARKER.

Witnesses:

CuAs. A. BARKER, E. K. LUNDY.

